- Protest Music

Catalog description

This course considers the role music has played in uniting people around social and political change. In particular, this course considers the music of protest movements in the US from the 19th century to the present. By examining the music of several protest movements, students will consider music as a tool of artists and groups used to reclaim a given space or song in order to fight injustice. The ability to read musical notation is not necessary in this course.